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NewsMarch 14, 2006

Shell Introduces VideoCheck Digital Inspection

HOUSTON – Shell Lubricants has introduced the new Shell VideoCheck, a technological digital inspection service, as an integral component of its services for 2006. The Shell VideoCheck service will be offered to small and medium-sized diesel truck fleet customers throughout the country as a cost-effective alternative way of inspecting diesel engine components.

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NewsMarch 14, 2006

Ford Says Oil Companies Need More Ethanol Pumps

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With millions of flexible-fuel vehicles on U.S. roads and more coming, major oil companies must install many more service station pumps to provide fuel made mostly from ethanol to run them, a top Ford Motor Co. official told Congress.

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NewsMarch 14, 2006

AAA: Gas Prices Rise to Four-Month High

BURNSVILLE, Minn. --- Gasoline prices are at their highest levels since last Nov. 9, with the current nationwide average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline at $2.363 per gallon, according to the Auto Club.

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NewsMarch 10, 2006

Energy Department Funds Fuel Cell Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Fuel cell research received a major boost when the U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $119 million in funding, according to the trade publication Fuel Cell Today.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

Gasoline Prices Rise More Than 7 Cents

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline gained 7.7 cents to reach $2.331 per gallon as of March 6, which is 33.2 cents higher than last year, according to the Energy Department.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

Consumer Reports Corrects Findings on Prius, Civic Hybrid

YONKERS, N.Y. --- Consumer Reports admitted the magazine erred in an April issue article that concluded none of the gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles sold in the U.S. would save owners enough money in five years of use to compensate for the higher prices.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

Senate Bill Seeks Higher Tax Incentives for Alt-Fuel Fleet Cars

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), a committee member, last week introduced a bill that would increase tax incentives for business owners who buy fuel-efficient alternative energy vehicles.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

Gasoline Expected to Rise Above $2.50 in Spring, Summer

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- A new Energy Department report forecasts that the national average retail price of regular gasoline will rise above $2.50 per gallon in the spring and summer, or at least 17 cents per gallon above current prices.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

EPA Proposes New Emission Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson this week proposed new emission standards for gasoline, vehicles and gas containers.

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NewsMarch 9, 2006

Ford V.P. Urges Senators to Support Renewable Fuel Development

WASHINGTON, D.C. ---Calling on lawmakers to "act with urgency," a Ford executive this week told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that policies are needed to support an aggressive, integrated approach by industry and government stakeholders to develop renewable fuels and advanced technology vehicles.

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